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Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search page.

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Encyclopedias


Encyclopedia of American History
Indexed with suggestions for further reading following each entry.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E174 .E53 2003


Encyclopedia of historic places
Identifies and provides background information on cities, towns, districts, territories, and nations around the world.
CALL NUMBER: Ref D9 .C29 2007 v.1 -3


Oxford Companion to United States Hisotry
With over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, it illuminates not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion. Also available online via Oxford Reference
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http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t119&authstatuscode=200

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Subject Dictionaries


Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Entries are in essay form with bibliographies following each topic entry. Indexed.
CALL NUMBER: Ref D114 .D5 1982
Ref E174 .O94 2001

Oxford Reference Online: History.
A searchable and browsable collection of history dictionaries from Oxford University Press including: A Dictionary of British History, The Kings and Queens of Britain, The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, A Dictionary of Political Biography, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Who's Who in the Twentieth Century, A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History, The Oxford Guide to the United States Government, and A Dictionary of World History.
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http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s11

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Handbooks


A pocket guide to writing in history
Concise and comprehensive coverage of every step of the research and writing process--with detailed advice on documenting sources and avoiding plagiarism
CALL NUMBER: Ref D13 .R295 2007

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Other Sources


Chronology of World History
Topically organized by date and indexed.
CALL NUMBER: Ref D11 .M39 1999


Atlas of American History
Includes the span of American history from the earliest settlement of the Americas over 12,000 years ago up to modern times. Maps, Graphs, Photos, etc.
CALL NUMBER: Ref G1201.S1 N37 2007


Historic Documents

CALL NUMBER: Ref E839.5 .H57 1983


Facts on File
Weekly world news digest with a cumulative index.
CALL NUMBER: Ref D410 .F3


Great Events: 1900-2001
Provides coverage of a wide variety of events from national and world politics, wars, civil disturbances, disasters, crimes, business, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and other fields.
CALL NUMBER: Ref D421 .G627 2002 v.1 - 8

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American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/
Online access to 7 million digitized primary source items from more than 100 historical collections maintained by the Library of Congress.

Columbia American History Online
http://www.caho.columbia.edu
The information included on CAHO is based on transcripts from 17 e-seminars from four history courses from Columbia University. Also included is access to supplementary materials that were used along with the seminars.

Documents of Law, History and Diplomacy
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Provides access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course On The Web
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Developed by American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning, City University of New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history.

Library Research Using Primary Sources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySources.html
The University of California Berkeley Library offers an extremely useful introduction to the subject of incorporating primary source materials into a research project, including an annotated online guide to Primary Sources on the Web.

Making of America
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
"Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology."

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History News Network
http://hnn.us/
From George Mason University - Today's news in historical context. Includes News Abroad, Breaking News, Features, and more.

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The History Channel: History in the Headlines - History's weekly roundup of History making the news.